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New stories and research from Pride in Business, by email every fortnight. Each issue carries the latest analysis and explainers on LGBTIQA+ business ownership, procurement, employment and finance, with updates from our research projects.
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ExplainerWriting a buying brief before asking for a supplier list
Organisations that want to buy from LGBTIQA+ owned businesses often begin by asking for a list of suppliers. This explainer sets out what a buyer should write down first, so that a business can tell quickly whether the work suits it, and includes a template to copy.
ExplainerHow supplier diversity works in Australia and why the rules differ by buyer
Supplier diversity in Australia is a set of separate arrangements for Indigenous, social enterprise, women owned and disability suppliers, each with different rules and different force. This explainer sets out how each one works, what gives a category weight with buyers, and where LGBTIQA+ owned businesses currently sit.
ExplainerSocial procurement: how it differs from donations, sponsorship and supplier diversity
Social procurement adds a social outcome to an ordinary purchase. This explainer sets out the direct and indirect routes, how social procurement differs from donations, sponsorship and supplier diversity, and why purchasing from LGBTIQA+ owned businesses may go unrecorded.
ExplainerSupply Nation and Social Traders: what their certification establishes
Supply Nation and Social Traders both help buyers find suppliers, but they verify different things. This explainer compares what each certification establishes, how each is funded, and what the comparison means for any proposal to recognise LGBTIQA+ suppliers.
ExplainerHow LGBTIQA+ supplier certification works in the United States and Canada
This explainer compares the supplier certification programs run by NGLCC in the United States and the Canadian Queer Chamber of Commerce with the one Australian buyer definition that already recognises the category. It finds that fees, identity evidence and eligibility rules are central to how each scheme works, and that the open issue for Australia is whether buyers and owners would use a scheme.
AnalysisWhat the 2026 Census will show about business owners by sexual orientation and gender
The 2026 Census was the first to ask Australians about sexual orientation and gender, and its results will describe people who work in their own business by those characteristics. They will not provide a count of LGBTIQA+ owned enterprises, which would require a separate survey that no organisation has yet committed to build.
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